{"id":370761,"date":"2018-07-25T07:10:12","date_gmt":"2018-07-25T06:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/corporate-spin-genetically-modifying-the-way-to-food-security-2\/"},"modified":"2018-07-25T07:10:12","modified_gmt":"2018-07-25T06:10:12","slug":"corporate-spin-genetically-modifying-the-way-to-food-security-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/corporate-spin-genetically-modifying-the-way-to-food-security-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Corporate Spin: Genetically Modifying the Way to Food Security?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Those familiar with the debate around genetically modified organisms (GMOs) may be forgiven for thinking that\u00a0science alone can solve the world\u2019s food problems. The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wbur.org\/hereandnow\/2016\/03\/30\/monsanto-ceo-hugh-grant\">industry asserts<\/a>\u00a0that GMOs are vital if the world is to increase agricultural productivity and we are going to feed a growing global population. There is also the distinct impression that the GMO issue is all about \u2018science\u2019 and little else.<\/p>\n<p>People who question the need for and efficacy of GM have been labelled\u00a0anti-science elitists who are responsible for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediatheque.lindau-nobel.org\/videos\/34686\/richard-roberts-crime-humanity\">crimes against humanity<\/a>\u00a0as they supposedly deny GM food to the hungry.\u00a0Critics stand accused of waging a campaign of fear about the dangers of GM. In doing so, the argument goes that, due to ideology, they are somehow denying a technological innovation to farmers.<\/p>\n<p>Critics have valid concerns about GMOs and have put forward <a href=\"http:\/\/earthopensource.org\/gmomythsandtruths\/sample-page\/summary\/\">credible evidence<\/a>\u00a0to support their views. But instead of engaging in open and honest debate, we see some scientists hardening their positions, lashing out at critics and forwarding personal opinions (unrelated to their specific discipline) based on their perceived authority as scientists.\u00a0There\u2019s a fine line between science and industry-inspired lobbying and spin. Unfortunately,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.counterpunch.org\/2016\/02\/29\/inside-the-church-of-the-pro-gmo-activist\/\">a number of scientists<\/a>\u00a0have difficulty locating it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The problem: global food regime or GM technology itself<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An accusation sometimes levelled at critics of GM is that they have trouble when it comes to differentiating between the&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dissidentvoice.org\/2018\/07\/corporate-spin-genetically-modifying-the-way-to-food-security\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Those familiar with the debate around genetically modified organisms (GMOs) may be forgiven for thinking that\u00a0science alone can solve the world\u2019s food problems. The\u00a0industry asserts\u00a0that GMOs are vital if the world is to increase agricultural productivity and we are going to feed a growing global population. There is also the distinct impression that the GMO [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2525,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-370761","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2525"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=370761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370761\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=370761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}